Morgan Tsvangirai

Morgan Tsvangirai (10 March 1952-14 February 2018) was Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 15 February 2009 to 11 September 2013. Once a member of ZANU-PF, Tsvangirai became the head of the opposition MDC-T party, which he led against Robert Mugabe's regime. He died of colon cancer in 2018, just months before a presidential election.

Biography
Morgan Tsvangirai was born in Gutu, Southern Rhodesia on 10 March 1952 to Karanga parents, and he joined ZANU-PF in 1980. He was an ardent supporter of Robert Mugabe, and he enjoyed a meteoric rise in the party ranks before becoming Secretary-General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions. As ZCTU head, he led the congress away from ZANU-PF, and his rising power meant that he became more of a threat to Mugabe's government. In 1999, he founded the Movement for Democratic Change, the most important opposition party in the country. In 2008, he took 47.8% of the vote in the presidential election, and he claimed that Mugabe had won the election through fraud. From 2009 to 2013, he served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, the first Prime Minister since Mugabe himself in 1987; in 2013, the post was abolished once more. In 2017, he asked Mugabe to step down, and he sought to take the country to legitimacy. He died of colon cancer in 2018, just months ahead of a presidential election.